Sophia Anner
@sophiaanner.bsky.social
PhD candidate @uofl —interests incl. sexual selection, evolutionary bio, convincing people that flies are cute and important. USDA NIFA predoctoral fellow. she/her 🏳️🌈
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Wisconsin Evolution is accepting applications for our Seminar Series' Early Career Scientist Award. Come share your evolution research and visit UW-Madison's evolution community. Open to grad students and postdocs (<5 yrs post PhD) from outside UW-Madison.
Apply by Dec 15th here: shorturl.at/4a4O6
Apply by Dec 15th here: shorturl.at/4a4O6
Early Career Scientist Awards 2026
Application to the UW-Madison Evolution Seminar Series - Early Career Scientist Awards.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wisconsin Evolution is accepting applications for our Seminar Series' Early Career Scientist Award. Come share your evolution research and visit UW-Madison's evolution community. Open to grad students and postdocs (<5 yrs post PhD) from outside UW-Madison.
Apply by Dec 15th here: shorturl.at/4a4O6
Apply by Dec 15th here: shorturl.at/4a4O6
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Why did I only just find out that that there are water striders that live IN (ON!!) THE OPEN OCEAN? 🧪
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
Oceans cover over 70% of the earth’s surface and house a dizzying array of organisms, including five species of the peppercorn-sized ocean-skater Halobates, which live exclusively at the ocean surface...
journals.plos.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why did I only just find out that that there are water striders that live IN (ON!!) THE OPEN OCEAN? 🧪
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
Thrilled to share this paper that started as a summer research project and ended as a co-first author pub with amazing undergrad mentee Naomi 🪰
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thrilled to share this paper that started as a summer research project and ended as a co-first author pub with amazing undergrad mentee Naomi 🪰
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Took 5 mins to call my rep and senators today while waiting for my machine learning model to run. Have you called today? #saveNSF #supportNSF
As the US House tax and spending bill goes to the Senate, we encourage those who can to continue contacting your representatives about supporting funding for the NSF, NIH, EPA, and other science agencies. Use our media tool to get started: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
June 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Took 5 mins to call my rep and senators today while waiting for my machine learning model to run. Have you called today? #saveNSF #supportNSF
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Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
The Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference last weekend was a blast!! So happy to present my 1st ch results and, more importantly, invite 3 of my UG researchers to join too 🪰 many thanks to @meec2025.bsky.social for hosting!
May 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference last weekend was a blast!! So happy to present my 1st ch results and, more importantly, invite 3 of my UG researchers to join too 🪰 many thanks to @meec2025.bsky.social for hosting!
So cool to see the results of Jenna’s work!!
Had a great time yesterday and today at the Animal Behavior Conference at Indiana University and the Graduate Student Regional Research Conference at the University of Louisville presenting my recent work on the consequences of ALAN! 🪰💡
March 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
So cool to see the results of Jenna’s work!!
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🎉🎉I am SO excited to share our lab's first data paper published in ProcB @royalsociety.org! This research is part of @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social 's PhD dissertation and explores how social #behavior is organized in honey bees. 🐝 Let me share the story...!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Disruption of collective behaviour correlates with reduced interaction efficiency | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Group-living organisms commonly engage in collective behaviour to respond to an ever-changing environment. As animals face environmental change, establishing the mechanisms of information used to collectively behave is critical. Western honeybees (Apis ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
March 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🎉🎉I am SO excited to share our lab's first data paper published in ProcB @royalsociety.org! This research is part of @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social 's PhD dissertation and explores how social #behavior is organized in honey bees. 🐝 Let me share the story...!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Pleased to share the first of many papers from the Lackey Lab exploring species differences between hawthorn- and walnut-infesting flies!! Here, we evaluate reproductive timing and egg load. 🪰🥚 (PI Alycia Lackey not on bsky)
#evosky 🧪
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#evosky 🧪
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Species differences in reproductive timing and egg load in two fly species adapted to different host plants
We tested whether two species of flies adapted to different host plants differ in the time to reproductive maturity and the number of eggs produced. Reproductive timing differed between species: haw...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pleased to share the first of many papers from the Lackey Lab exploring species differences between hawthorn- and walnut-infesting flies!! Here, we evaluate reproductive timing and egg load. 🪰🥚 (PI Alycia Lackey not on bsky)
#evosky 🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#evosky 🧪
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@govandybeshear.bsky.social vetoed HB4 🎉 but HB424 and SB89 are still on his desk. Kentuckians, call today to express your concerns: (502) 564-2611
POLICY ALERT: bills we're watching like slides under a microscope 🔬
Read the KAS stance on each of these bills and pick up the phone to call YOUR Senators and Representatives.
☎️📲 1-800-372-7181.
Don't wait! The final day of the General Assembly's regular session is FRIDAY!
Read the KAS stance on each of these bills and pick up the phone to call YOUR Senators and Representatives.
☎️📲 1-800-372-7181.
Don't wait! The final day of the General Assembly's regular session is FRIDAY!
March 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@govandybeshear.bsky.social vetoed HB4 🎉 but HB424 and SB89 are still on his desk. Kentuckians, call today to express your concerns: (502) 564-2611
If you're in the midwest (or close enough), I highly recommend this conference!! It's grad student run and, historically, very fun. I'll be there sharing my latest results on fly courtship 🪰
ONE MORE WEEK FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
Abstract submissions for MEEC2025 are due March 28!
Submit abstracts here: www.umsl.edu/biology/meec...
We hope you join us for a weekend of exciting field trips, workshops, and shared student research in St. Louis April 25-27!
Abstract submissions for MEEC2025 are due March 28!
Submit abstracts here: www.umsl.edu/biology/meec...
We hope you join us for a weekend of exciting field trips, workshops, and shared student research in St. Louis April 25-27!
March 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you're in the midwest (or close enough), I highly recommend this conference!! It's grad student run and, historically, very fun. I'll be there sharing my latest results on fly courtship 🪰
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MEEC2025, CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
Submit your abstracts for MEEC2025 here! www.umsl.edu/biology/meec...
Current or proposed research is acceptable to present! Abstracts are due by March 28.
Submit your abstracts for MEEC2025 here! www.umsl.edu/biology/meec...
Current or proposed research is acceptable to present! Abstracts are due by March 28.
February 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
MEEC2025, CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
Submit your abstracts for MEEC2025 here! www.umsl.edu/biology/meec...
Current or proposed research is acceptable to present! Abstracts are due by March 28.
Submit your abstracts for MEEC2025 here! www.umsl.edu/biology/meec...
Current or proposed research is acceptable to present! Abstracts are due by March 28.
Just ordered, looking forward to reading this!!
March 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just ordered, looking forward to reading this!!
Proud to #StandUpForScience2025 with my bio dept Friday in Frankfort. Science benefits everyone! Immense thanks to @claireecusack.bsky.social for making it happen in KY 🏇
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Proud to #StandUpForScience2025 with my bio dept Friday in Frankfort. Science benefits everyone! Immense thanks to @claireecusack.bsky.social for making it happen in KY 🏇
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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February 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
www.evolutionsociety.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
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We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!